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but perhaps your library has interlibrary loan?


At 02:07 PM 5/1/13, you wrote:
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>I'm starting out on a new web site enhancement, dynamic maps, on my web
>site pages for Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad.  I've got the mapping
>modules working, now I need the juice.  Has anyone developed and/or is a
>gazetteer available for his travels as portrayed in The Innocents
>Abroad?  I am aware of the Quaker City Itinerary and intend to start
>with it, but there are so many more points of interest discussed in the
>book I would like to include.  An index of the book would be close to
>ideal, listing all the sites.  I need to determine latitude and
>longitudes for each point and compose some discussion of each.  I would
>look into the Day By Day publication but it's way beyond my budget of $0
>to spend and I don't believe it is in a nearby library.
>
>My current methodology is to scan through the book and note each point.
>I don't really mind the thought of rereading the book again.  I had just
>hoped to save a bit of time.
>
>I have seen some interesting mapping pages of the voyage but they
>present the entire journey on a single map and my intention is to be of
>a much finer granularity.  My web site has an individual page for each
>chapter of the book each with a unique map.  It is my intention to map
>all the points of interest mentioned in each chapter on these individual
>maps.

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